The Evening Times ran an article about figures in a new report showing that women from Lanarkshire experience higher-than-average rates of stillbirth and neonatal deaths than other parts of Scotland. The region recorded the second-highest rate in Scotland with 6.42 deaths per 1,000 births. However it is worth noting that the figure of 7,096 Lanarkshire resident […]
Co-ordinating flu response
Pandemic influenza has the potential to have a massive impact on all aspects of society.
NHS Lanarkshire has recently taken part in the Scottish Government’s “Silver Swan” events being held across Scotland to ensure there is a robust and coordinated national and local response in the event of a pandemic.
As part of this process the Lanarkshire Pandemic Influenza Plan, which sets out the procedures and arrangements that will be adopted and implemented in Lanarkshire, has been reviewed and updated. It is available on FirstPort.
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